Night Terrors

Due to all the Mother's Day festivities yesterday (is playing Apples to Apples with the family a festivity?), AJ missed his nap. No big deal-he's done this before. I know the drill. He falls asleep fairly early in the evening and then it happens. Around midnight, I hear this inconsolable crying. He's screaming and kicking and talking all with his eyes CLOSED! I try everything I can think of to calm him down, but really I know it will be about 15 minutes of this "night terror" before he does. Nothing I do or say to him seems to help. This time though I was a little desperate because Dwight was starting to wake up. How about a song? I did my best rendition of Jesus Loves Me and with his eyes still closed, AJ got in my face and yelled, "QUIET, QUIET!" Wow, that hurts. I know I'm not the best singer in the world but I'm not the worst either. I started singing, I Am Jesus Little Lamb. AJ immediately stopped crying and said "Better. Better. I sleep now." He laid his head down and fell right asleep. I know what you're thinking-I've found the solution to AJ's "night terrors". I wish; he's almost 2. It's not likely he'll be content with an encore.